You multiply out brackets, remove common factors from fractions, combine like terms.
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Why is it important to simplify radical expressions before adding or subtracting? How is adding radical expressions similar to adding polynomial expressions? How is it different? Provide a radical expression for your classmates to simplify..
2+2 = 2*2 = 2^2 all simplify to 4. But there is no special name for the three expressions.
Yes, you can but it depends on the context. You can simplify fractions, or simplify surds, or algebraic expressions and in each case the simplification means different things. So if you want a sensible answer to your question I would suggest that you use a proper question rather than stick a quastion mark at the end of a phrase!
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Most scientific calculators don't have the capacity to simplify mathematical expressions, only to calculate based on known numbers. For calculating powers, there should be a key labelled something like xy or yx.